On Sunday, January 6, 2013 9:56:54 AM UTC-6, gpsman wrote:
> On Jan 6, 8:10*am, Nate Nagel > wrote:
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> > it's shocking how many
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> > literally bald tires I see on some fairly "nice" vehicles. *Not sure if
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> > people are just oblivious or figure that AWD will save them when they're
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> > driving on Maypops...
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> "Save" them... from what...?
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> From: "N8N" >
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> Newsgroups: rec.autos.driving
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> Subject: Do the math on this?
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> Date: 16 Feb 2006 10:06:42 -0800
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> "Obviously you don't have the experience necessary to make such
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> statements, as it would take more than a tire failure to cause
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> complete loss of control at 85ish. I've actually had a rear tire go
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> down on me at >80 MPH and it was a total non-event. Unless there was
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> an explosion, tread separation resulting in a "gator" or similar...
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> not a
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> problem."
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> http://groups.google.com/group/rec.a...n&dmode=source
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> - gpsman

There actually used to be a MAYPOP used tires place near me.